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| Year : 2007 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 138-139 |
Benign retroperitoneal mesenchymoma of childhood
JK Mahajan1, Sunita Ojha1, Kim Vaiphei2, KLN Rao1
1 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Advanced Pediatric Center, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh - 160 012, India
2 Department of Histopathology, Advanced Pediatric Center, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh - 160 012, India
Correspondence Address:
J K Mahajan
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Advanced Pediatric Center, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh - 160 012
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.34953
Benign mesenchymoma is a rare tumor composed of mature fat, thin small and medium-sized vessels and spindle cells of smooth muscle origin and has been found in variable locations. There have been only three reports of such cases in the retroperitoneal location. We report one such rare retroperitoneal tumor.
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